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Coming onto you for the third time, Perth’s latest and greatest metal meet up and club night is back for an October edition! This special HALLOWEEN themed edition is co-presented by Howl’O’Scream – Perth […]
Van Morrison has announced details of a new album, The Prophet Speaks. The Prophet Speaks is Van Morrison’s 40th studio album and will be released on 7th December on CD, 2 x 12” and all […]
Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN has just released another pseudo video from ONE BAD M.F. Live!!, which is set for release October 19 on Prosthetic Records. The album will be available on all digital platforms, compact […]
Visionary media collective STARSET release Vessels 2.0, out now via Fearless Records / Caroline Australia. The band has shared the suspenseful new video for “Bringing It Down.” Watch it below. Vessels 2.0 is the […]
Critically acclaimed rock band Papa Roach confirmed that they will release new music this Friday October 5th. The release will mark the band’s first new tracks since 2017’s album “Crooked Teeth” and is the […]
Before unleashing their eagerly awaited new album, I Loved You At Your Darkest this Friday, BEHEMOTH have released the brand new single ‘Bartzabel’. Mastermind Nergal comments: “‘Bartzabel’ is a song that came in the midst of a […]
Two of the most revolutionary guitar virtuosos of our generation — renowned soloist ANGEL VIVALDI and Alice Cooper axemaiden NITA STRAUSS — are pleased to announce the 2018 edition of The Guitar Collective, a United […]
This summer, heavy revolutionaries OTEP unleashed their most uncompromising, candid, all-inclusive and controversial assessment of the current residing political regime that they have ever released – the new album Kult 45. In support of […]
Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH are proud to announce the release of a very special vinyl reissue collection celebrating the bands legacy. The collection offers a limited one-time only pressing that includes re-imagined cover artwork, redesigned […]
Multi-platinum, acclaimed alternative rock band CHEVELLE have announced a new album, 12 Bloody Spies: B-Sides and Rarities, compiling sought-after B-Sides and rarities from 2002-2016, now remastered on one brand new collection for the very […]
Rose Carleo Band’s EP ‘Battle Scars’ shot straight to the Top 20 charts. Now, Rose Carleo Band release their 2nd single from the EP, ‘Faded Tattoo’, on October 19. ‘Faded Tattoo’, showcases the member’s true […]
Saxon have released the fifth single and video from their mighty Thunderbolt album. “Predator” features Johan Hegg from Amon Amarth. “Great fun doing the new video for Predator. Big thanks to Johan for doing […]
In November 1968, millions of double LPs were shipped to record stores worldwide ahead of that tumultuous year’s most anticipated music event: the November 22nd release of The BEATLES (soon to be better known […]
It’s been a mammoth week for one of Australia’s most loved and enduring bands. Today The Living End released their eighth studio album Wunderbar. Recorded over a six week period in Berlin during an […]
70000TONS OF METAL™, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, has announced the Public Sales date and the first 28 of 60 bands for their ninth voyage, sailing January 31 – February 4, […]
Mayday Parade are thrilled to announce ‘Welcome To Sunnyland’ Australia and New Zealand headline shows alongside their already announced appearances at Good Things Festival! 13 years ago, a group of friends from Tallahassee, FL formed a band and travelled the U.S to sell […]
Playing ‘The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most’ in full, new material from ‘Crooked Shadows’ and fan favourites from their storied career. For the first time in Australia and New Zealand Dashboard Confessional […]
An incredible line-up of world-class musicians and vocalists gathered together, under the helm of Grammy award-winning producers Bob Kulick and Bruce Bouillet, to recreate 11 classics from the catalog of one of music’s greatest, best-loved […]
Cradle of Filth keyboardist and female vocalist LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT is embarking on her first ever solo tour, and has chosen the far-flung and haunted shores of Australia for a round of DJ sets in […]
The conflict and correlation between dark and light is a universal theme with a historically rich history. Musically, perhaps no band in the 21st Century has mined that relationship more consistently or effectively than […]
What do George Michael, L7, Michael Caine and Radio Birdman have in common? They’re all Official Selections at the worlds largest and most prestigious Music Documentary Film Festival “ In-edit Barcelona & Madrid Spain […]
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Slash and his band, Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators have released the new video for Driving Rain—which features a live-action, animated adventure with ragdoll puppets–the first single off their new album Living […]
The 2018 Louder Than Life festival, due to take place on September 28-30 in Lousville, Kentucky and featuring Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Godsmack and more, has officially been canceled. The following statement has […]
Two-time GRAMMY® nominated rock band Disturbed are giving fans another sneak preview of their much-anticipated new album Evolution (Reprise Records) with the release of A Reason To Fight and its stunning Matt Mahurin-directed (U2, […]
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